Re: Import Patches to Repository by PowerShell Script
Afaik there is only the Download-Patch cmdlet.But which device drivers do you mean ? And how do you do this manually ?That process can probably be automated
View ArticleAcrobat Reader ThinApped and IE local installed
I have ThinApped Acrobat Reader X. I use IE 9 installed locally. Is there any way to open pdf files in IE local browser using virtual plugin ? Thanks for your help
View ArticleRe: powercli script to create array of virtual machines from text file input
Welcome to the Communities.. Check if this post helps http://communities.vmware.com/thread/315193
View ArticleRe: Compatibility Esx v5. and Esx.v 4.1
The issue your are facing is beacuse of the Virtual Hardware Version, in vSphere 5 is 8 whereas in vSphere 4.x is 7, You need to downgrade the virtual hardware version to move the VM to vSphere 4.x...
View ArticleRe: Essential plus license with HP DL380 G8
As you said, I try to disable CPU core in BIOS, enable 6 core instead of 8 core. Then I check the license, now it used 2 CPU license instead of 4. Thanks for the info.
View ArticleMove a VM by powering off between two hosts,shared storage
Dear Experts, Please guide me for the following case. There are two Esxi hosts, host 1 is Esxi 4.0 and host 2 is Esxi 4.1. There is SAN storage datastore which is visible to both of the hosts. I have...
View ArticleRe: Import Patches to Repository by PowerShell Script
Hi Luc, I'm talking about the drivers e.g. listed on the VMware download page as iso(!) files or the drivers provided in the vibsdepot by hp. There is no url you can add into the download config of VUM...
View ArticleRe: Move a VM by powering off between two hosts,shared storage
From your description I´m assuming that you are not using vCenter to manage your hosts, correct? If you have a shared datastore between both hosts you can do the steps you descripte (power off, remove...
View ArticleManagement Agents on ESX
Hi all, There are couple of things that I am not sure about and would like to study/know more about it What is management agent on ESX? I know how to restart it but what exactly what it holds / what...
View ArticleGiving back some robustness tweaks I made to ghettoVCB.sh
Hi all, and William in particular. Many thanks for the ghettoVCB.sh tool. I have been using it fine on ESXi 4.1, but have had to make a few tweaks to improve its robustness in the face of the weird...
View ArticleRe: Import Patches to Repository by PowerShell Script
I see what you mean.Unfortunately there is no equivalent cmdlet in the current release of the snapin I'm afraid.And the Update Manager API are private afaik, so calling the API method directly is no...
View ArticleWhen will Fusion 5.0.2 video be fixed?
For nearly two months, I have had to run Fusion with 3-D acceleration disabled in order to keep Windows from crashing while running many common applications (such as Office 2010!). I had already...
View ArticleRe: vCenter Server Linked Mode Configuration
From the offical documentation: The vCenter Server instances in a Linked Mode group can be in different domains if the domains have a two-way trust relationship. Each domain must trust the other...
View ArticlevSphere 5.1 SSO identity source service account permissions
From reading http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2037546 it looks like I need to have a service account with specific AD permissions for my AD to be used as an identity source for SSO but can anyone tell me the...
View ArticleRe: Trying to migrate a Physical workstation to VMView pool
It should work. I have no idea why you are getting "Unable to recognize the server type or version when connecting to the host '10.10.10.25'." message.
View Articleconnect-viserver to multiple viservers @ the same time fails
Hi, because we were force to leave the linked mode, we cannot use the connect-viserver -alllinked anymore.. So google told me to use connect-viserver vc1 , vc2 You can check this if you check the value...
View ArticleError install ESXi5.1 on IBM Systemx 3650 M3
error: Multiboot could not setup the video subsystemAny ideas ?Tks.
View ArticleVim::login(service_url =>)
Hi I m trying to make a script for retrieving some informations about the esxi here is my problem I have two variables:$opt_H and $url$url = "https://".$opt_H."/sdk/webServer"; If I use $url with a...
View ArticleRe: how to check properties of VM folder in ESXi5
yes when i hit retry, i get a working VM till now but dont know what happens in the future. such freaky things are happening in my env. thanks
View ArticleRe: connect-viserver to multiple viservers @ the same time fails
You can indeed run Connect-VIServer against multiple vSphere servers.How did you run the cmdlet ? Like thisConnect-VIServer -Server "vc1","vc2"And the account under which you run the cmdlet has access...
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